Q. Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition will not run or is crashing out at random times.
A. If have have a GPU in your Laptop. It is possible Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is running on your internal graphics chip (APU) instead of your GPU.
An APU can have very little VRAM (Dedicated Memory) and Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition requires 2Gb. With not enough VRAM available. This can cause all sorts of issues, such the game refusing to run or random crashes in-game.To resolve this please switch to the High Powered GPU.
1. Navigate to Settings > System > Display > Graphics
2. Select Stronghold Crusader Definitive Edition
3. Change the GPU Preference to "High performance" (Dedicated GPU)